Spectacular Ship Collision Sinks Vessel in New York Harbor
A Swedish freighter rammed an American tanker in the East River causing a massive blaze that lit the city and sank the tanker. Two crew members are missing, 37 injured, and river traffic was halted while rescue boats and ships searched for the missing crew. A dramatic fire swept the skyline as flames climbed above the Manhattan Bridge.
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Shett
New York
Petroleum Stross
East River
New York City
Manhattan Bridge
Manhattan
Copenhaver
Queens
Tribbon
Cere Brooklyn
Mouies
Sun Gil
Pany
Washington and
Greendocksdale St
Sunoco State
P. R. Bowen
Huntington
West Virginia
Sano
Ichard Gazzola
Laler
William Finn
New York Journal-American
Nebraska
New Haven
Bayonne
N. 3
Mt. Vernon
N.Y
Coast
Sunoco Custom Blending Gas Station Opening Set
Report describes Sunoco opening a new blending station and explains the custom blending method to tailor octane levels. An observer recalls a fuel barge crossing the river and a bright flash during an earlier collision scene.
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Sunoco
U. S
Bowen
Freighter Crash Sparks Harbor Oil Threat Near Manhattan Bridge
Police helicopters patrolled the river while guards guarded piers to curb smoking after a midstream collision under the Manhattan Bridge. The Swedish American Nebraska rammed the tanker Empress Bay, risking oil slick spread along 300 miles of shoreline as Coast Guard and police opened investigations and foam was deployed.
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Hugh; G Alligan
Coast Guard
Manhattan Bridge
Lower Manhattan
Brooklyn
Nebraska
St Albans youths attend Fifth Baptist World Youth Conference
Three St. Albans youths Howard Long Droline Plattner and Nancy Hale left Tuesday to attend the Fifth Baptist World Youth Conference in Toronto Canada. They traveled with Marvin Fitts former St. Albans First Baptist youth director now serving in Tennessee.
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St. Albans
Fifth Baptist World Youth Conference
Toronto
Canada
Howard Long
Droline Plattner
Nancy Hale
Marvin Fitts
Algerian Rebels Condemned by Military Court in Algiers
Yacef Saadi and Hamadi Omar, leaders of an Algerian nationalist rebellion, were sentenced to death by a military tribunal in Algiers. Saadi asked to be shot as an honor, saying he believed French soldiers would understand. The court, under Paris authority, deliberated two hours after Saadi’s arrest following a Swiss conference with Algerian leaders.
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Algiers
de Gaulle
Saadi
Aly
Military Tribunal
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
Yacef Saadi
Hamadi Omar
Switzeo
Alysiers
U N Debate Eyed on Algeria Issue
The 28-nation African Asian Group agreed to ask the General Assembly to debate France's war in Algeria at the 13th annual session opening Sept 16. Abdul Hakim Tabibi of Afghanistan said the group’s decision was unanimous for the first time, and the request will be filed before July 10 to pressure French Premier de Gaulle.
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United Nations
General Assembly
France
Algeria
Abdul Hakim Tabibi
Afghanistan
Tabibi
de Gaulle
The Neglected Art of Being Different
In July Reader's Digest an article urges individuals to embrace uniqueness across science, entertainment, and business. Readers are invited to grow and profit by the courage to be themselves with 85 curiosity-arousing pieces in the issue.
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Reader’s Digest
Reader's Digest
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